Ophie Out of Oz

Ophie Out of Oz
by Kathleen O'Dell

192 pages
2005

Read: December 2011


"At her school in California, fourth-grader Ophie Peeler has it all: starring roles in all the school plays, plenty of attention and, of course, the best best friend a girl could ask for. Like Dorothy, Ophie is on the yellow brick road to a glamorous, adventurefilled life. But all of that changes when Ophie and her family move to Oregon, trading in the California sunshine for a dreary, rain-soaked life. The popular girls at school shun Ophie, Brittany Borg (the class oddball) follows her around, and to top it all off, Ophie outgrows her treasured ruby slippers. Will Ophie find a way to fit in, or has her one chance at happiness just sailed away over the rainbow?" 

This book was so cute!  Ophie Peeler and her best friend Lizzie are the most popular girls in her school.  Then Ophie has to move to Oregon and a new school where she doesn't know anyone and no one knows her.  Ophie tries so hard to fit in that she only makes matters worse.  Then she finds the one thing that will guarantee her to fit in with the most popular girls.  But once she fits in, little by little, she realizes that she really doesn't belong.  I love the message that this book sends to young girls, you don't have to be popular.  It's always best to be a good person.

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